. It identifies the blind spots of the institutional changes embarked on by the EU in the aftermath of the sovereign debt … economic and political costs it represents. The final section formulates recommandations to EU policy-makers with the view both …-based EU-27; the conflicting demands for more sovereignty and more democracy against a backgroung of deeper integration. …

Given the recent economic problems of southern EU countries that are rooted in lacking competitiveness, this task will … regions in the EU, and discuss policy options to improve economic performance of Southern european countries while at the same …

other key macroeconomic variables. Using a DYNK (Dynamic New Keynesian) model of the EU27, we study two different …

. Who are the leading and who are the lagging EU countries? Is there a trend towards convergence over time? And how has the … crisis affected this trend of convergence? We then take a look at the research and innovation policies which the EU countries … have in place and try to assess whether these policies match with the heterogeneous EU countries’ innovation capacity …